Best story 1981 (Sweden)

The Best story 1981 vote was held in Fantomen 26/1981, and the results were presented in Fantomen 9/1982.

Results for the best story

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"The Legend of the Swords, Part 1: Excalibur"	Worker	Vallvé	400
2	"The Circus Murderer"	Avenell	Leppänen	342
3	"The Witches' Sabbath"	Kharelli	Westad	163
4	"The Hostages"	Falk	Barry	159
5	"The Emperor's Treasure"	Granberg	Vallvé	112
6	"The Legend of the Swords, Part 2: Durandal"	Worker	Vallvé	75
7	"The Moon Herb"	Avenell	Eralp	68
8	"Crook's Haven"	Falk	Barry	67
9	"The Trap"	Avenell	Bess	66
	"Gooroo's Jungle Muggers"	Falk	Barry
11	"The Keeper of the Peace"	Falk	Barry	57
	"The Things"	Falk	Barry
13	"The River Mystery"	Avenell	Bade	54
14	"Arms Trafficking"	Kharelli	Westad	44
15	"The Tale of the Gooley-Gooley Witch"	Falk	Barry	40
16	"The Dictator"	Avenell	Westad	38
	"The Tanker-Jackers"	Falk	Barry
18	"The Gold of the Incas"	Worker	Vallvé	32
19	"The Lost City of Pheenix"	Falk	Barry	30
20	"Deadly Conspiracy"	Worker	Bess	27
21	"The Secret of the Stone Plains"	Worker	Bess	25
22	"The Arsonist"	Avenell	Bade	22
23	"The Messengers of the Jungle"	Avenell	Bess	21
24	"Fish War"	Worker	Leppänen	20
25	"The Witchman"	Falk	Barry	18
26	"Vasti Riba"	Kharelli	Vallvé	17
27	"The Poachers"	Falk	Barry	8
Total:				2.066

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Best Story Winners
Finland
1985: "The Prisoner at Capitolium" | 1986: "The Moor of Death"
Norway
1979: "The Heirs" | 1983: "Tale of Rex" | 1984: "Hero" | 1985: "Pirates of the Yellow Snake" | 1986: "The Beanstalk" & "Race Against Death" (tie) | 1987: "Devil's Adventure" | 1988: "Eden" | 1989: "The Last Unicorn" | 1990: "The Last Emperor" | 1991: "Death of a Patrolman, Part 2: Tracking the Killers" | 1992: "The Wolf is Coming" | 1993: "Aron" | 1994: "The Commander is Dead" | 1995: "The Demon's Image" | 1996: "Johnny Hotwire" | 1997: "The Ghost Who Died Twice" | 1998: "The Last Phantom, Part 1: The Eighth Circle" | 1999: "Devil's Story" | 2000: "The Phantom vs Singh 2050" | 2001: "The Invisible Phantom" | 2002: "In A Strange Land, Part 2" | 2003: "My Darling Pirate" | 2004: "Son of the Pirate Queen" | 2005: "The King of Norway" | 2006: "The Singh Brotherhood" | 2007: "Dogai - The Road to Power" & "The Commander is Dead" (best reprint) | 2008: "The Devil of Ravenscar" & "Kingdom of the Amazons" (best reprint) | 2009: "Duel at Deadman's Gulch" | 2010: "The Cabin Boy and the Princess" | 2011: "The Gulf of Aden Pirates" | 2012: "The Pirates' Prisoner" | 2013: "The Slave Ship Zong" | 2014: "Death of a Pirate Queen" | 2015: "A Plague in Venice" | 2016: "John X" & "Patrolman X" | 2017: "The Karabasan League"
Sweden
1978: "The Avenger from the Sea" & "Phantom Wedding" (tie) | 1979: "Devil's Story" | 1980: "The Treasure from Rhodes" | 1981: "The Legend of the Swords, Part 1: Excalibur" | 1982: "The Stone Carving People" | 1983: "The Water of Life" | 1984: "The First Phantom" | 1985: "The Beanstalk" | 1986: "The Battle on Malta" & "Devil's Story" (best reprint) | 1987: "The King is Dead" | 1988: "Eden" | 1989: "The Last Unicorn" | 1990: "The Cathedral Mystery" | 1991: "Devil's Story" | 1992: "Hoogan's Revenge" | 1993: "The Test" | 1994: "The Commander is Dead" | 1995: "The Set Up, Part 1" & Part 2 | 1996: "The Last Viking" | 1997: "The Ghost Who Died Twice" | 1998: "Return of the Zombies" | 1999: "Devil's Story" | 2000: "The Phantom vs Singh 2050" | 2001: "The Prodigal Son" | 2002: "The Long Bow of Little John" | 2003: "My Darling Pirate" | 2004: "Son of the Pirate Queen" | 2005: "The Battle on Malta" | 2006: "The Singh Brotherhood" | 2007: "The Phantom Crusader, Part 1" & "The Commander is Dead" (best reprint) | 2008: "The Castaways" & "Kingdom of the Amazons" (best reprint)" | 2009: "The  Phantom Gladiator, Part 1" | 2010: "The Cabin Boy and the Princess" & "The Dragon Throne" (tie) | 2011: "The Sons of Captain Walker" | 2012: "The Pirates' Prisoner" | 2013: "Year 1349" | 2014: "Death of a Pirate Queen" | 2015: "A Plague in Venice" | 2016: "Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 6: The King of Louisiana" | 2017: "Farewell to the Deep Woods" | 2018: "The Ghost at Gallows' Inn" | 2019: "The Devil in Stockholm" | 2020: "A Reckoning with the Nomad" | 2021: "Devil's Story" | 2022: "Saga of the Vultures Chapter One: The Haunted Castle"